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, 1887-08-13

In 1875 there were but about 100 China
men in New York. The Chinatown of
the present was n very insignificant col
ony, and n queue seen on the streets
created a sensation, Mt least among the
ranks of the small boys downtown. Now
there are fully 5000 Cclestials in this city.
They are doing well in various lines of
business, and there are II large number Of
them who have bank accounts running
into thousands and tens of thousands of
dollars. In fact there are at least two
Chinese merchants in Mott street who each
own considerably over 500, 900 in property
and money. 1t was not until 1876 that
the Chinese took possession of Mott street.
At that time the six companies of San
Francisco, which practically controlled the
Chinese population Of that city, established
an agency in this once fashionable street.
As new arrivals from the fowery king
dom appeared on the scene they settled
down in this spot and Chinatown wRxed
and grew strong, until it became what it
now is, a veritable city within n city, hav-
ing its own municipal government and in
most matters making laws suiting itself,
and growing in strength oblivious of the
political and social amenities of the great
city around it. The Chinese evidently be
lieve in close corporations New York
Mail and Express.
, 1887-08-13
The English skyIark.

The lark is, probably, if the whole
truth were told, at first rather a disap-
pointment to most Americans, who not
un~naturally expect from "the bird that
sings at Heavens gate" II song of great
variety and volume. 1t was in Sussex
many years ago., upon the cliffs overlook
ing st. Leonard 's-on-the-Sea, that we first
made his acquaintance. 1t was early
morning, clear and calm after "a night of
storm, which had brought two wrecks on
Shore within sight, and the shock and roar
of the waves We're still so tremendous that
we were fairly driven from our ac-
customed walk along the Marina, and
turning inland by a road which tunneled
its way upward, gained the level Of the
rich farming Ian above the town. AS
we emerged into the sunshine n bird rose
singing from an adjacent field. "Cau that
feeble, monotonous chirper be a skylark?"
thought we as he rose higher, still con-
tinuing to sing. His actions answered
the doubt; for as if he had been on eXhi-
bition, he still rose with successive 1ut-
tering impulses in a widening spiral, till
he was quite lost to sight in the ~cloudless
sky, while his voice proved itself Of more
penetrating quality than had at first up
peared, for 1t continued to reach us,
family, it is true, but with perfect dis
tinctness.-Theodore II. Mead in Amerl-
can Magazine.
, 1887-08-13

A CONVENTION of the photographers
OF the country is being held in Chicago.
The exposition building, in which it is
being held. is one vast art gallery, filled
with the choicest work OF American pho
~tographers. A popularity of the exhibit,
says the Chicago. HeraLd, is that it illus,
trates SO well the little 7anities'oi women.
There are few photographs Of women
with high-neck dresses. There is a pre-
ponderance Of decollete and sleeveless
waists, and the exhibit of necks and
shoulders is somewhat startling. Judg-
ing from these pictures. the young ladies
of the present prefer to be photographed
with their heads thrown over their
shoulders in an uncomfortable attitude,
their eyes rolled h%eavenward with q
Camille" -~last-act expression, with a
wealth of shoulder, and the only observa.
bic garment a table cloth drapcd over one
shoulder, with an air of careless negligc
Many of the ladies have been photo
graphed with bare feet, a la Maud Muller
, 1887-08-13

We BEGIN to fear that James e..
Blaine's conduct abroad is of a piece with
his actions at home. In other words, he
is a good deal Of ~juggler. He steered
clear of royalty and formal banquets in
London with the obvious purpose of at
tracing the fealty of the Irish voter.
Then he went to Ireland with the avowed
intention of making a close study Of the
burning questions of the hour. His
studies we're chiefly made from his car
windows in the course OF two or three
days. He declined a banquet rendered
by the lord mayor of Dublin, on the plea
that he was obliged to leave at once for
the continent. He therefore escapes COM
hitting himself for or against the Irish
cause, while his harpies industrIously cir
culate the report privately that he is
heartily in favor of the movement 10
ameliorate Ireland's condition.
We submit hat thinking people would
have more respect for Mr.. Blaine il he
was not so much given to being all things
to all men.
, 1887-08-13

IT Is reported that the Pullman Car
company has been granted the privilege
of running dining cars over the Union
Pacific from Omaha to San Francisco and
Portland. This arrangement will 20 into
effect, it is said, on September l.. The
Pacific Hotel company has for the past
five years enjoyed the privilege of feeding
passengers at many of tue stations along
the line. but their contract is about to ex
pire. If the report hat dining cars are
to be put on the road is true it will settle
the question OF rebuilding the Pacific
house.
, 1887-08-13

It appears that in this bank the clerks
were frequently compelled to ask the pay
iag teller for IA little "financia assistance
between pay days, and he, being of a
kindly disposition, cashed their due bills,
carrying the paper in the drawer as SO
much cash. At the end of the month the
advances were deducted from the salaries
Of those favored. These pieces of paper
were professionally known as snakes.
1t so happened or one occasion that the
bank examine paid his official visit when
there were in the drawer SNAKES mount
ing to about 5000, and the paying teller
was compelled to confess that he often
advanced money to the clerks in this man
ner. Its "A bad practice" said the ex-
aminer, "for it encourages extravaganza,
and is liable to get you into trouble with
the board" Soon after his departure the
cashier-a venerable gentleman since de-
ceased-approached the paying teller and
asked what was meant by the term
''suakes" which he had overheard used in
the conversation with the examiner.
There was nothing left him but to explain
the whole matter, which he did by telling
how the young gentlemen in the bank
had gotten ~behindhand in their inances
and were forced to negotiate short loans
each month. p
"And this is really the condition Of our
young mem" remarked the cashier.
~ am sorry to say yes"
'EHow much of this paper is there in the
draweri'
About 5000"
$50 much as that Let me see the
paper"
The little due bills were handed him,
and he walked into his private office. In
II few minutes he came out with n check
In his hand. 1t was his personal check for
the full amount of the ''snakes." Said
he:
"Put this in the drawer. l will give
these young men a chance" and he tore
into small pieces the numerous due bills.
"They are now free; and let them keep so.
Don't advance any more money. Here
after l will loan it ont Of my private funds.
What they owe now is Cancelled"
1t took about five minutes for this little
affair to be known in the bank, and every
man in the place at once proceeded to
grumble to himself because he did not
have n "snake'' in the drawer at that par
ticular moment.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
, 1887-08-13
An African Potentate.

The kings clothing consists of a red
cloth, sugar loaf cap, a few brass rings
upon his arms, coral necklace and Il vel,
low ilken loose robe. His wrinkled fore.
head shows that he has mad trouble in his
time.
He is very civil to his chiefs, sending to
each, after they make obeisance, II piece OF
kolah nut. He sent to each of us the
same.
All who approach the throne, the mo.
ment they enter the open space in front
riEidly kept clear-double their right
hand into n fist and shake it at the king.
This, which is n signal of assault and
battery here, is in Africa correct court
etiquette, 1t means: ~ hope that | see
you strong and well, o king, like unto
my fist and my ARM
, 1887-08-13
100 Doses One Dollar,
BABY UMORS.
And NIL skin and scnIp Diseases
%HpeediIy Cured by CutIcurn.

speedily cured Nv C~utIcurn.
Our little son will be four years of age
on the 18th inst. In May, 1885, he was
attacked with a very painful breaking out
of the skin. We called in a physician
who treated him for about four weeks.
The child received little or no good from
the treatment, as the breaking out, sup
posed by the physician to be hives in an
aggravated form, became larger in
blotches, and more and more distressing.
We were frequently obliged to get up in
the night and rub him with soda in water,
strong liniments, etc. Finally, we called
other physicians, until no less than six
had attempted to cure him, all alike fail.
ing, and the child steadily getting worse
and worse, until about the Goth of last
July, when we began to give him Cuticura
Resolvent internally, and the Cuticura
and Cuticura Soap externally, and by the
last of August he was so nearly well that
we gave him only one dose of the Resol,
vent about every second day for about ten
days longer, aud he has never been
troubled since with the horrible malady.
In all we used less than one-halt OF a bot
tie of Cuticura Resolvent, a little less than
one box of Cuticura, and only one cake Of
Cuticura Soap. II. Il. RYAN,
Cayuga, Livingston Co. I'll.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
fourth day OF January, 1887.
u. N. COE, J. P.
, 1887-08-13

THE CHEYENNE LEADER Is making a
red hot fight on a woman OF that city
whom it charges with about all that is
abominable In her sex and calls upon the
authorities to SUPPRESS as a public nuis-
ance, says the Laramie Boomerang. The
name of the Objectionable female is Mrs.
Helen jenkins and THE LEADER says:
Compared with her, mere women of the
town are paragons OF spotless virtue and
the most degraded nymph du paUe a
creature of resplendent christian graces. ."
Before reading THE LEADERS, description
of Madame jenkins we thought there
were a few pretty tough women in Lara
mic, but as bad as they are we should
hardly feel justified in placing them in the
same category with the Cheyenne pro
cures and assignation house keeper.
The capitol city is cheerfully accorded the
first prize on monsters of this description.
The fight against her is a good one and
deserves to succeed.
, 1887-08-13
EDW. HOFFMAN,,
North Attleboro, Mass

C%uticura, the great skin cure, and CUT
cura Soap, prepared from it, externally,
and Cuticura Resolvent the new blood
purifier, internally, are a positive cure for
every form of skin and blood disease from
pimples to scrofula.
Sold everywhere. Price: Cuticura. 80
cents; Cuticura Soap, % cents; Cuticura
Resolvent. Sl.00. Prepared by Potter
Drug and Chemical Co, Boston.
Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases"
PIMPLES, blackheads, skin blemishes,
! and baby humors use Cuticura Soap.
, 1887-08-13
GENERAL MANAGER POTTER in

GENERAL MANAGER POTTER in the
course of an interview in Denver said:
I'm reference to that Fort Steele route, ii
is the impression hat the Union Pacific
is building it for the purpose of tapping
the coal beds near Hahn's Peak, for the
shipment of coal to Montana and the
Northwest. That is not the only reason.
The coal beds are rich. but there are other
resources, and we think the richness OF
the country will Justify the expense o.
opening them up
He admitted, however, hat this scheme
, 1887-08-13

Over in New York the ferry and steamer
landings are surrounded with bowling
mObs of drivers, and at the entrance to
the Grand Central depot they form an ex
cecdingly unpleasant gauntlet that can
only be escaped by way of the elevated.
In Saratoga 1 say a painter brushing out
n wide red line on h station platform
about fourteen inches from the edge. He
told me that the mark was designed rs a
place for the stopping of hackmen's toes.
To step over 1t is TO step into Jail. If not
restricted their rivalry would lead to kid
mapping MISUNDERSTANDING" in Brook
lyn Eagle.
, 1887-08-13

are often too i'll to labor, but they havn't
time to take medicine and lay off. Sim
mons Liver Regulator can be taken with
out causing any loss of time, and the sys-
tenn will be built up and invigorated by it.
1t has no equal as a preparatory medicine,
and can be safely used when a doctor can
not be called in. In all ommon diseases
it will, unassisted by any other medicine,
effect a speedy cure.
, 1887-08-13

THE LEADERS, report of the frightful
railroad casualty in Illinois was as full
and complete as that given by the Denver
papers. THE LEADER fortunately doesn't
need glasses to recognize a thrilling piece
of information, and it may be always re-
lied upon to give its readers the interest
ing details.
, 1887-08-13

FRED HoPT. the murderer, has finally
met his Just deserts by legal execution
in Salt Lake after postponinE the event
for seven years, but the various trials cost
the territory of Utah 81, 900.
, 1887-08-13

Observation-Disclosures, what 10 you think
OF this mans injuries' Doctor-Humphl
Two Of tac.u are undoubtedly fatal. but
rs for IT, rest Of them time alone can
tell.-Texns Siftings.
, 1887-08-13

THERE is more faith felt in Silver
Crown Just now than at any period dur
ing its history. Should the camp de-
velop as it is expected to Baker & John
son will deserve well Of this community
for their pertinacity in the face of dis
heartening obstacles.
, 1887-08-13
The Beauty of Yachting.

Vanderbilt's tour around the world in
his yacht isn't such an ~eXtravagant affair
after all when it is remembered that lie
will hus escape tipping every second per-
son he meets on his travels.-St. Paul
Globe.
, 1887-08-13

Mr.. Howells, the occasional novelist
and critic, has himself to thank for the
hostile attitude of the American press.
Mr.. Howells is too free and easy with the
mouth. He is the George G.. Vest of
contemporaneous literature.
, 1887-08-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, allays
the pain, cures wind colo, and is the best
remedy for diarrhea. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle.
, 1887-08-13

and every other scheme contemplating
the extension of Union Pacific branch
lines had been shelved for the present.
, 1887-08-13

TTIEISDUFb UISpiIVH'I
The continued agitation of that idea of
making Alaska a penal colony induces the
query: What's the matter with Canada?
, 1887-08-13

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threatened with Group or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and proven
further trouble. 1t is a positive cure
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and DOC
DR.. W. n. Hunt.
, 1887-08-13
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, 1887-08-13
HUMORs

Last spring ! was very sick, being COW
cred with some kind OF scrofula. The
doctors could not help me. l was advised
to try the Cuticura Resolvent. | did so,
and in a day | grew better and better,
until | an as well as ever. | thank you
for it very much, and would like to have
it told to the public.
, 1887-08-13

The liver and kidneys must be kept in
good condition. Hoods Sarsaparilla is a
great remedy for regulating these organs.
, 1887-08-13
solIdIty North and south.

Nashville American
The late rebel president still appears
to have a solid hold on the solid South,
remarks the Philadelphia Press. By the
same token, JEFF seems to have retained
all his pristine grip on the attention of
the not too solid North.
, 1887-08-13
BLACK HILLS STAGE
N EXPRESS COMPANY

Coaches leave Chugwater daily (excepi
Sundays on arrival of the G. & N.
train, touching Fort Laramie, Rawhide
Buttes and Lusk, and connect with the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad at Lusk
and for Sundance, Buffalo, Fort Fetter
man, Fort Mckinney, Douglas, (Wyo.l,
Fort Robinson and Chadron in Nebraska,
and Rapid City, Spearfsh and Deadwood.
Oak.
The cheapest and shortest route by
tw~enty-four hours.
The U. S. mail carried. We have first
class eating stations, and our division
agents take all pains to secure the com.
fort of passengers.
, 1887-08-13

Texas retains liberty and liquor. 1t
ought now to be able to abolish train rob-
bing and horrible murders.
, 1887-08-13
PITH IN
E1uIrpate the surplus,

Philadelphia Tlmes.l
The best way to cut down the surplus
revenue is to dig it out by the roots 50
that it won't grow up
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-07-09
pisenchanted montana BOYS.

Most of the cowboys looked upon their
coming to Montana to head cattle as the
mistake of their lives, The glowing
stories of thrilling adventures and sudden
wealth of the cowboys life which are
common in the east are in most cases re-
sponsible for their entering the guild, but
the reality is quite different matter.
Many of the economical ones have been
enabled by their savings to return to their
eastern homes.
People who have not been through the
bad lands have but faint conception of
the utter desolation and worthlessness of
a cowboys home. He is roasted in sum-
mer and frozen in winter. The lands can
never be used for anything but grazing,
and the distances are therefore something
immense. One popularity of the country
makes rapid riding very difficult, not
to say dangerous, undertaking. The
earth is so friable that tiny watercourse
will speedily cut for itself deep gully,
or scoolie, as 1t is called, the depth of
which when filed with snow is entirely
problematical. A horseman who rides
with a cowboys recklessness may sud-
denly find himself at the bottom of six
or eight foot coolie, with his horse on top
of him, and no way Of getting out-if he
happens to be still alive-save tunnelling
up to the head of the stream through the
snow. Then one of your broncho's feet
is as likely as not to sink suddenly two
feet down into coyotes hole when he is
going at furious pace. Result: His legs
snap off like pipe stem, and you are shot
through the air to n nOint far hpvond and
picked up more dead than alive. The
water is generally bitter with alkali, and
scorches your throat as your swallow it;
there is little to eat, and that is hard to
get.-Tomah Enterprise.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-07-09
The Death of Cant Cook.

Finally Cook determined to entice on
board the vessel Queen Kealakekuu and
and her husband, King Kalamiopuu. A
boat, with the national colors of England
flying from the stern sheets, approached
the shore, containing Cook, who was in
full dress uniform, and who was re-
ceived upon his landing by the royal
family and an assemblage of chiefs and
other natives. After considerable palaver
the king and queen both consented to
visit the English ship. AS the former
was about to enter the boat an old
warrior exclaimed:
81 do not believe he is a god. I viii
prick him with a spear. II he cries out
l shall know he is not
He thereupon struck Cook in the back,
who, with a yell of terror, fell to the
ground. Another thrust from the
warrior plainly evidenced to the people
that Cook was but mortal. After rudely
dissecting the dead body, as was the
national custom, the teeth were knocked
out, and the heart removed and placed
in the fork of tree to dry. A native
CHANGING to pass the spot somewhat later,
seeing the heart and believing it to be
that of a swine, ate it, and was Mortified
upon discovering the truth of the matter.
Subsequently he was made great chief,
and was ever afterward pointed to as the
man who ate Capt. Cooks heart
Hawaiian Cor. Boston Bulletin.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-07-09
Linen Paper ver,u. Cotton p.n.r.

By dint of frequent repetition, tho
statement that two kinds of paper. dis
tinguished as cotton paper and linen, or,
as it is often called, rag paper, were in
common use in Europe from very early
period has gradually come to be gener-
ally accepted as true by photographers
and antiquarians. Upon equally good
authority it is commonly believed that,
while cotton paper was introduced into
Europe by the Arabs in the Seventh or
Eighth century, linen Tor rag paper was
European invention of much later date.
But the time and place of the invention
of linen paper, notwithstanding the long
and learned controversies of the last cent
ury, have remained shrouded in mys-
terry; nor does there seem to be any inn
mediate prospect of arriving at definite
conclusion concerning these points. In
the light of recent discoveries, however,
the main question at issue, the compare
tive antiquity of cotton and linen paper,
il IN fair way soon to be solved, if in
deed we have not already before us evil
dence amply sufficient to enable us to
reach final decision, and decision in
direct opposition to the current belief
Chicago Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-07-09
revolt of thirteen colonies ana s.no,oo Of

revolt OF thirteen colonies ana $4,000 OF
people.
an that congress were many opposing
voices. But the voice Of the outraged people
had not called in vain, and it was as their
representatives that Adams, Jefferson and
Lee founded republic and snatched Amer
lea from British tyranny forever"
While the congress deliberated in Philadel-
phia war stalked over the land. The patriots
of New York, while they steadily voted for
Independence, saw the great English feet
riding securely in their harbor and heard the
signal guns which proclaimed that armies,
greater than any they ever beheld, were
landing on Staten Island On the coasts of
New England lurked British cruisers. A great
feet threatened the southern harbors, and the
ruins Of Norfolk showed there was cause to
fear. From New York to Georgia the scalp
ing knife of the Indian was the assistant Of
the invader. In the Declaration of Independ-
ence Jefferson tells the story of the woes that
possessed the land. amidst the clamor Of
war, the clash of contending armies, in the
and ominous future, the people, enraged, res
dilute, unyielding, went calmly to the polls
and voted for independence"
Small and obscure was the party Of indie
pendence at the first sitting of the congress
in 1T4. But the cruelty Of the mad king,
George III, during the intervening time
reused the people even before it aroused their
leaders. Says Eugene Lawrence, writing on
the theme of independence:
"How often had men sighed for land in
which honest industry might enjoy Its prudent
gains and virtue win certain tolerance!
How often had the wise and pure of every